Mary had 2 beautiful daughters, Marguerite and Viola. They both became dancersin "George White’s Scandals" , a movie. Shirley says Zeigfield, and also that Violahad a son named Genarro Sferra, killed by a Japanese Sniper in WWll, however I can’t substantiate that.

It is a minor detail, but the correct spelling is Gennaro, not Genarro.

I found very few references worth noting, other than a "Geno M. Sferra" who served in the US Navy aboard the USS Sculptor in 1944 and 1945. The Sculptor was a cargo ship which operated in the western Pacific and was decommissioned soon after the end of WWII. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sculptor_(AK-103)

In a one-line obituary, Geno M. Sferra is said to have died in Playa Del Rey, California and to have been formerly of Warren, Ohio. There are two Sferra's in Play Del Rey today, one old enough to possibly be Geno's widow and the other possibly a son. No harm in writing a letter or making a telephone call. See http://www.whitepages.com/dir/playa-del-rey-ca/sferra

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BeckyA wrote:I found out one of the Sferra family was an importer and they had a home in Italy

Well, that would explain the dozens of trips made by Enrico/Henry.

Now that you have Gennaro Sferra's full name, rank, date and proximate cause of death, you might try contacting the United States Air Force Public Information Office to see if you can obtain further details of his service and death. The best I could come up with is this Contact Us page, try selecting "US Air Force public inquiries" from the Recipient list. http://www.af.mil/main/contactus.asp

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77 of Stow and Wayland, formerly of Bronxville, NY died peacefully on August 25, 2008. Beloved daughter of the late Albert F. Wilson and Loret (Smith) Wilson and step-daughter of the late Grace D. Wilson. Devoted wife of the late Captain Gennaro E. Sferra. Loving mother of Kathleen Sferra and her husband James Salvie of Stow. Caring aunt to Richard Birkins of New Jersey; Wendy Birkins Farr and Cheryl Doehrr both of North Carolina and Jeffrey Birkins of Minnesota. Dear friend and companion to the late Lucius…

About Sferra: The story of Sferra begins at the turn of the 19th century, when Gennaro Sferra left Italy for the United States in the hopes of finding a market among the Atlantic Coast for his intricate Venetian Lace cuffs and collars. By 1912, he and his family had opened up shop on famed Fifth Avenue in New York City. A generation later, Gennaro's two sons expanded their family's collection to include the most luxurious European linens of the day from renowned double damask from Ireland, to Ale231;on laces from France, to elaborate embroideries from Belgium and Switzerland. In 1977, the ownership of Sferra was sold by the family to Paul Hooker, under whose keen business savvy and passionate stewardship this classic brand has flourished over the years. With the aid of great advancements in design and production techniques, Sferra has secured its rightful position as a leader in the luxury linens industry. Above all, the secret to the enduring reputation of the Sferra brand is the same now as it was a century ago only the finest materials are used in any product bearing the Sferra name.

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